Well I feel both saddened for you and ashamed by you, not a single mention of Pearl Jam yet 😛

For me these are some I love and one I’ve back to today just to validate the statement:

Idelewild – The Remote part
Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream (Melancollie a close second)
Pearl Jam – Vs (could have been Vitalogy but for Foxy Mophandle Momma)
Of Monsters and men – My head is an animal
Alexisonfire – Crisis
Rival schools – United by fate
f*cked up – David comes to life

I’m sure there are others, but these would be first that spring to mind.

Despite owning a copy DSOTM has never really floated my boat. Wish You Were Here I can understand though. I don’t want to get into a slagging match (personal taste and all).

I’ll give +1 to the following though:

Theres a Riot Going On
Whats Going On
Kind of Blue
In a Silent Way (probably my fave Miles album, it was my first too)
Astral Weeks
Horses

Whilst I love the following I prefer the stated other:

Illinoise (there are a couple of things that spoil it for me and there are a handful of tracks that stand out that affects the whole). I’d offer Seven Swans

Tago Mago (being a double its difficult to hold the brilliance of Helleluwah across 4 ‘sides’) – so, Ege Bamyasi.

Stations – Feeding is the better (see also above re. doubles…) 🙂

To add:

Let England Shake & White Chalk – PJ Harvey
Marquee Moon – Television
Kanon Pokajanen – Arvo Part/Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Weather – Michael Gordon
Greetings From LA – Tim Buckley
Blues & Roots – Charles Mingus

toby1 – Member
Pearl Jam – Vs (could have been Vitalogy but for Foxy Mophandle Momma)

I can go for months at a time without remembering that Hey Foxymophandlemama, That’s Me is at the end of Vitalogy. It’s one of the few tracks that have been left behind when I’ve ripped my CDs to mp3. Me and a Gun is about the only other one I can think of – not something you want to start playing when you’re not expecting it.

Bob’s ‘Nashville Skyline’
Nas’s ‘illmatic’
Gza’s ‘Liquid Swords’

Amused to Death – Roger Waters.

End of thread.

Muse – Black Holes and Revelations
Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette
David Bowie – Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

All the way through-ers:
Pscyhomodo – Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel (the early concept stuff was so brilliant!)
Pinups – Bowie
Into the wild – Eddie Vedder (makes me cry)

For me –

Wish You Were Here
The Bends
Achtung Baby
Chrome Dreams
Farewell To Kings

Just realised that no one has mentioned The Beatles Greatest Hits

[Pedantalert] Actually it’s ‘The Best of the Beatles’ [Pedantalert/]

Lots of god shouts above. Particularly for me Troublegum, Appetite and Graceland. Also Levelling the Land for me, could always listen through without wanting to skip a track. Like the mention of Copper Blue too.

Metallica – Metallica
ACDC – Back in Black
Green Day – American Idiot
My Chemical Romance – Welcome to the Black Parade
Prodigy – Fat of the Land
Pendulum – In Silico

Dylan – Desire
Waits – Blue Valentine
Dead – Workingmans Dead

Sasha & Digweed Northern Exposure Expeditions

Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St
Prodigy – MFTJG
Daimien Rice – O
Stone Roses – Stone Roses
The Charlatans – Tellin Stories
Brooklyn Funk Essentials – Cool and steady and easy
JJ Cale – Troubadour

an lots of others…

Dunno if anyone’s said it yet, but I think Neon Bible by Arcade Fire sounds good all the way through & I don’t particularly like them…

Also “The Last Waltz” by The Band – it was released as an album

J

In acknowledgement of the fact that most of the albums here are 20+ years old, I’ll add a few more recent entries.

Swans – The seer
Emeralds – Does it look like I’m here?
Bjork – Vulnicura
Fever Ray – Fever Ray

Good shout on Fever Ray

I’m in…

1 giant leap – as an album with message from start to finish… or

Orbital – Snivilisation
LCD Sound system – LCD Sound system
Arctic monkeys – Whatever people say i am ……
Bjork – Debut
Royksopp – Melody AM
Sasha – Involver 2 or 3 or 1 ? I can never decide
Andrew Weatherall – Matsterpeices
The XX
Disclosure – Disclosure
Happy happy – love these threads!!!!

The Wedding Present’s Seamonsters is rather good IMHO.

Arcade Fire-Funeral
Belle and Sebastian-The Boy with the Arab Strap
Television-Marquee Moon
Elliott Smith-Figure 8
Broken Bells-Broken Bells
Neil Young-Harvest
Aretha Franlin-I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Tom Waits-Closing Time
Joy Division-Closer

Oh, and Stars-Set Yourself on Fire

Joanna Newsom – Ys
Eels – Electro Shock Blues plus Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Lift your Skinny Fists… (though pretty much anything by them works better as a complete piece)
Radiohead – OK Computer
Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (if I was forced to pick just one)

I saw Floyd play at Earl’s Court in ’94. The second half of the gig was Dark side of the moon in full. It was awesome.

Some crackers on here happy to see Smokers Delight and Everyday.

Nick Drake – Pink Moon
Marvin Gaye – Whats going on
The JB’s – Pass the peas
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time out
Portishead – Dummy
London Grammar – If you wait
TM Juke – Maps from the Wilderness
Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
Carole King – Tapestry
Gotan Project – La ravancha del tango

There’s hundreds, thousands maybe!!

A few more classics I found on itunes at work.

Capdown – Civil Disobedients
Chemical Brothers – Come with us (probably not their best album though)
Fugazi – Repeater
RJD2 – Dead Ringer
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to tell.

Prodigy getting alot of mentions – massive appeal, regardless of what sort of music you’re normally into.

Pauls Boutique – Beastie Boys . is the stand out for me.
Sgt Peppers natch.

To a lesser extent

OK Computer Radiohead
The Queen is Dead The Smiths
Portishead Dummy
Trailer Park Beth Orton
Freedom Fields Seth Lakeman
Stone Roses Stone Roses

Cant believe I forgot to add Dream River – Bill Callahan.

Each album he releases is (usually) better than the previous… and that’s saying something.

Gary Numan Replicas
John Foxx Metamatic
Fad Gadget Under the Flag
Jean Michel Jarre Oxygene
Scraping Foetus off the Wheel Nail
SOAD SOAD
Tool AENIMA
Rammstein Mutter

Some great suggestions on this thread. And some new things to listen to too!

I’d add:

Crazy on the weekend by Sunhouse
Out of Season by Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man
Beautiful Skeletons by Gavin Clark

Lots of really good stuff on here, I’m quite surprised 😉

Some bands manage to be exceptionally good at their genre so if you like that that particular style then they can put some great albums together. Oasis – Definitely Maybe and Artic Monkeys – What ever people say I am, that’s what I’m not, spring to mind as they are not to everyone’s tastes but if you like that style they’re great.

For no other reason other than I think they’re great start to finish albums but haven’t been listed yet I’d add:
Bloc Party – A weekend in the city
The Bluetones – Expecting to fly
Ian Brown – Music of the spheres
The Killers – Hot Fuss
Kings of Leon – Youth and young manhood
Mansun – Attack of the grey lantern
Maximo Park – A certain trigger
The Rapture – Pieces of people we love
Royal Blood
Sting – Ten summoners tales
Supergrass – in it for the money
We are Scientists – With love and squalor
Zero 7 – When it falls

Some great albums being listed but no Moody Blues yet!
So here goes….

In Search of the Lost Chord

just a few off the top of me head…..

rattus and no more heroes by the stranglers
stone roses
prodigy fat of the land
carter USM 30 something and 101 damnations
nick cave murder ballads
siouxsie the scream

latest one ive heard that i think fits the bill so far… killing jokes new one, pylon.

Some great suggestions already

Beatles, abbey road
War on drugs, lost in the dream
Massive attack, protection
Nas, illmatic
Stones, let it bleed
Carl Craig, landcruising
John Cale, Paris 1913
Kanye, mbdtf
John Hopkins, immunity

Surprised that no-one has mentioned “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” by Wilco yet. Perfect.

Albums that must be listened to from start to finish-

Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues
KLF – Chillout
U2 – Achtung Baby
Stone Roses
Screamadelica
Leftism

UNKLE – Psyence Fiction
Apollo 440 – Millenium Fever
Lo Fidelity Allstars – How to Operate With a Blown Mind
The Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
The Verve – Northern Soul
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out
Happy Mondays – Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches
Hybrid – Wide Angle
Little Barrie – Shadow
Nigel Kennedy – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Orbital – Brown Album

The Orb’s Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
BOC Maxima
Moderat II
DJ Koze – Amygdala
Dabrye – One Three
Com Truise – Cyanide Sisters
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Falling Through A Field
Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works
Murder Was The Case Soundtrack
Tycho – Dive
+ lots more

nin the downward spiral/broken
pink floyd the final cut (i prefer it to dsotm tbh)
manhunter soundtrack
blade runner sountrack
the crow soundtrack
lost highway soundtrack
public service broadcasting inform-educate-entertain
wasp the headless children/the crimson idol
goldie timeless

can add more.

NIN – the downward spiral.
Manic Street preachers – The holy bible.
Depeche mode – violator

Daft Punk – Tron:Legacy OST
Justice – (Cross)
ATCQ – Midnight Marauders (The Low End Theory – a close 2nd)
Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People…
Editors – The Back Room

Bat Out of Hell – 485 weeks in the UK charts!